LITTLE ROCK — Apologizing for an extramarital relationship and fighting for a political future that once seemed bright, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel tried to reassure voters that there won’t be any similar revelations as he seeks the state’s top office.

“There is no other shoe to drop,” McDaniel told reporters at a news conference last week.

If there is, last week’s statement from the only announced Democratic candidate for governor could be remembered as a careless challenge.

McDaniel came out of political hiding last week as he faced reporters and eased back into public life following his Dec. 18 revelation that he had an “inappropriate” relationship with a Hot Springs attorney. In a 28-minute appearance before reporters and cameramen, McDaniel offered few new details about a relationship with a woman in whose presence he said he’s only been around less than half a dozen times, including at public events.

“There are no other women,” he said. “There is no litigation that was ever compromised. No rules of professional conduct were ever violated. No state resources, dollars or personnel were used for personal purposes. I made a mistake, for which I have taken and continue to take responsibility, but it had no impact on my job.”

He also tried to reassure voters that this won’t be the first in a series of revelations about his public life. In other words, he said he doesn’t have a woman problem. “Whether I’m governor or not, this will never be a concern in my life again,” he said.

Just how much of an obstacle remaining questions about the relationship will be to his campaign became clear hours after he faced the press. In emails and statements to reporters, Davis suggested there was more to the story and said she was disappointed with McDaniel.

“I hope he rethinks his answers and presents them as they occurred,” she wrote.

Davis has suggested the next shoe to drop may come from a nearly year-old investigation into the shooting death of Maxwell Anderson, who was found dead near Davis’ home last year. Police have not made any arrests in the shooting, but the eventual release of the investigative file could include more than 500 texts that Davis said she’s exchanged with McDaniel.

McDaniel’s press conference kicked off a series of public appearances he’s made in recent days as he tries to put the focus back on policy and his bid for the state’s top office. It’s a reset he needs for a campaign that, for the past three weeks, has had to field questions about his personal life rather than his proposals for the state.

The position his campaign is in will be clearer this week, when it files its quarterly fundraising report. Though it will mostly reflect the period before he revealed the relationship, the report will at least show how much money he has for a far more challenging campaign than he initially faced.

For now, McDaniel won’t have to worry about rivals targeting him for the relationship or challenging his statement that there are no surprises in the wings. Republican Asa Hutchinson, the only other announced candidate in the 2014 governor’s race, said he doesn’t view The relationship as an issue in the race.

“I would instruct anyone who worked on our campaign that would not be an issue in the campaign,” Hutchinson said. “We’re focusing on economic development, improving education and other important issues for the state.”

That’s where McDaniel would like to keep the focus too. Though he never mentioned his 2014 bid, his speech to a Forrest City audience last week hinted at a likely campaign theme of calling for more investments in education and economic development to help the state outpace its neighbors. “We stand at the crossroads between opportunity and responsibility,” McDaniel said.

It’s not that different from the crossroads where McDaniel stands right now.